"The Windows 10 end-of-support date is nearly here. Over the summer, Microsoft seemed to have belatedly realized that owners of tens of millions of consumer PCs running Windows 10 aren't ready to replace their old computers, and those customers are also not about to fork over $30 for a one-year Extended Security Updates (ESU) subscription. So, at the end of June, just days before the end of its fiscal year, the company waved the white flag and announced new "free enrollment options" for the ESU"
"Anyone willing to try out Microsoft's cloud-based Windows Backup or spend a few minutes per day with the Bing search engine over the course of a week can avoid the $30 tariff and get that subscription for free using the enrollment wizard shown here. The news was buried in yet another long-winded post on the Windows Blog, which praises Windows 11 and encourages customers to upgrade their old PCs, buy new ones, or migrate to cloud-based alternatives like Windows 365."
Windows 10 will receive Extended Security Updates through October 2026 under newly announced free enrollment options. Personal devices can qualify for free ESU subscriptions by enrolling with a Microsoft account. Residents of the 30-country European Economic Area automatically qualify without additional requirements. Microsoft identified low-effort paths such as trying cloud-based Windows Backup or using the Bing search engine to meet enrollment criteria without paying the $30 one-year ESU fee. The company concurrently encouraged upgrades to Windows 11, buying new PCs, or migrating to cloud alternatives like Windows 365. The free enrollment change was announced just before the support deadline.
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